I have never been to a Black Friday event before. This year I will be going to Walmart to hopefully get a 70 inch Vizio TV that is on sale. We are having our Thanksgiving dinner early which is the priority; however, I should be able to get to Walmart at 5:00. Any thoughts on my chances to get this TV? Thanks for your input

Indy_Hawkeye wrote:I have never been to a Black Friday event before. This year I will be going to Walmart to hopefully get a 70 inch Vizio TV that is on sale. We are having our Thanksgiving dinner early which is the priority; however, I should be able to get to Walmart at 5:00. Any thoughts on my chances to get this TV? Thanks for your input

It really depends on your area. 5pm is a little late to get to Walmart for a 6pm sale (assuming the TV is at the 6pm sale, I didn't look)

Edit: I just went and looked at the ad, and it's an 8pm sale. You should probably be good unless you live in a big city.

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Indy_Hawkeye wrote:I have never been to a Black Friday event before. This year I will be going to Walmart to hopefully get a 70 inch Vizio TV that is on sale. We are having our Thanksgiving dinner early which is the priority; however, I should be able to get to Walmart at 5:00. Any thoughts on my chances to get this TV? Thanks for your input

It really depends on your area. 5pm is a little late to get to Walmart for a 6pm sale (assuming the TV is at the 6pm sale, I didn't look)

Edit: I just went and looked at the ad, and it's an 8pm sale. You should probably be good unless you live in a big city.

Still it is up in the air since people that go to the 6pm might be after that as well and some of those people will show up around 2pm or earlier.

5pm, I think you aren't going to get it. I am sure they are not going to have many of the TVs since this is a special BF model and it is a higher ticket item.

I got my 70 inch at the Sam's sale this weekend, and 3.5 hours before the sale, all the TVs were gone, and I live in a city with 2 Sam's clubs within 20 mins of each other.

The TV was what people were coming to the Sam's store for, and everyone that did not get the TV there, was going to try and get it at Wal-Mart, and they said they learned their lesson and will line up early for it.

Plus, you also have the people that wanted to get the TV at Sam's but wanted to wait inside. I am thinking the crowd for the TV is going to be huge, as the demand for the TV was a complete surprise to the management at Sam's. They kept on insisting that since it was $1,000, it was too high priced to be popular, they were wrong. The first person was in line at 11am for the 7pm sale. I think you would want to get there by noon to guarantee you get that TV if you want it bad enough.

Another thing with the TV, make sure you have adequate transportation for the thing. No, it will not fit in your car. You will need a truck and two people as this thing is heavy and awkward.

I plan on getting there around noon for this. Last year I arrived 6 hours early and all the tickets for the 60" tv were gone. Does anyone know if they will allow you to bring a small camping type chair to sit in?

rcsort wrote:I plan on getting there around noon for this. Last year I arrived 6 hours early and all the tickets for the 60" tv were gone. Does anyone know if they will allow you to bring a small camping type chair to sit in?

mine will not allow it but other have said in the past they brought all kinds of stuff.

rcsort wrote:I plan on getting there around noon for this. Last year I arrived 6 hours early and all the tickets for the 60" tv were gone. Does anyone know if they will allow you to bring a small camping type chair to sit in?

Our store allows the folding chairs. But if yours doesn't - go get a flat top cooler or something to that effect off the shelf when you arrive and just sit on it while you are waiting.

newkirk32 wrote:5pm, I think you aren't going to get it. I am sure they are not going to have many of the TVs since this is a special BF model and it is a higher ticket item.

I got my 70 inch at the Sam's sale this weekend, and 3.5 hours before the sale, all the TVs were gone, and I live in a city with 2 Sam's clubs within 20 mins of each other.

The TV was what people were coming to the Sam's store for, and everyone that did not get the TV there, was going to try and get it at Wal-Mart, and they said they learned their lesson and will line up early for it.

Plus, you also have the people that wanted to get the TV at Sam's but wanted to wait inside. I am thinking the crowd for the TV is going to be huge, as the demand for the TV was a complete surprise to the management at Sam's. They kept on insisting that since it was $1,000, it was too high priced to be popular, they were wrong. The first person was in line at 11am for the 7pm sale. I think you would want to get there by noon to guarantee you get that TV if you want it bad enough.

Another thing with the TV, make sure you have adequate transportation for the thing. No, it will not fit in your car. You will need a truck and two people as this thing is heavy and awkward.

I also got this same TV at Sam's Club VIP event. It was a very popular item. I got in line 2.5 hrs before the event was to start and I was 6th in line and everyone in front of me was getting one. It's a two person loading/unloading job. I had to lay mine down in the bed of my pickup truck, but they don't recommend that. I installed it this weekend and calibrated it with some settings I found on Cnet. It has a very nice picture. It's currently $1,299 on Vizio's website with free shipping.